Jan 23, 2017

2nd Call for Proposals: Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) - ERDF

The main aim of the UIA Initiative is to provide urban authorities across Europe with space and resources to test bold and unproven ideas addressing interconnected challenges and experiment how these respond to the complexity of real life. Projects to be supported shall be innovative, of good quality, designed and implemented with the involvement of key stakeholders, result oriented and transferable.

UIA can support pilot projects that are too risky to be funded by traditional sources of funding provided that they are highly innovative and experimental.

Topics proposed by the EU Commission for the 2^nd Call (selection of one topic necessary):

Integration of migrants and refugees
Circular economy
Sustainable urban mobility

Deadline 2^nd call: 14 April 2017/ 14:00 CET

Financial support: max. 80% ERDF, min. 20% own contribution

Max. project duration: 3 years

Budget per project: approx. 1-5 million euros

Eligible costs:

Staff
Office and administration
Travel and accommodation
External expertise and services
Equipment
Infrastructure and construction works

Eligible authorities (only ones who can submit an application form): Any urban authority or association or grouping of urban authorities of a local administrative unit defined according to the degree of urbanisation as city, town or suburb comprising at least 50 000 inhabitants.

Eligible project partners are institutions, agencies, organisations, private sector partners, associations that will have an active role in the implementation of the project.

The Guidelines for Applicants and the Application Package are available on the following website: http://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/call-proposals

Contact at EPC